Fiscal Note
The 2015 Operating Budget for the Planning Division includes funding for the survey (GL Account No. 65300-54645-00000, Project String 65315-65-200-654015).
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) on behalf of the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board to provide funding for a joint project to conduct a public values survey.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Planning Division provides staffing for the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (MATPB) and the city serves as the MATPB’s fiscal and administrative agent; and
WHEREAS, the MATPB is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Madison Metropolitan Area with responsibilities to perform metropolitan transportation planning and programming activities, including development of a long-range multi-modal regional transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) is the regional land use planning and area-wide water quality management planning agency for the Dane County region with responsibilities that include preparing a master plan for the physical development of the region; and
WHEREAS, whereas the MATPB and CARPC have agreed to work together on a project to conduct values based research and a public survey that addresses growth, housing, transportation, and other issues that impact the quality of life in the region; and
WHEREAS, the MATPB and CARPC have agreed to contract with Heart+Mind Strategies to conduct the research and survey; and
WHEREAS, this values and priorities research and survey process pioneered by Heart+Mind Strategies has been used successfully in many regions around the country to support regional visioning and planning processes resulting in consensus on growth, transportation, economic development, and other strategies; and
WHEREAS, the results of the regional values study will serve as an important foundation for de...
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